Haitian Politics
President Martelly Visits Former President Préval and Receives Him at National Palace
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- Created on Monday, November 14, 2011 8:25 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Joseph Martelly, visited on Monday, the former Head of State René Gracia Préval in his private residence in Laboule in the hills of Petion-Ville. Then Mr Preval was received at the National Palace.
A Haitian to Lead Herman Cain's Campaign for Caribbeans
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- Created on Monday, November 14, 2011 3:31 PM
STOCKBRIDGE, USA (defend.ht) - Haitian physician, Dr Danel Cedent, will be serving as the Chairman for the Herman Cain 2012 Caribbean Americans Coalition, we have heard.
Haitian Lawyers Promote Arbitration and Mediation Services for Faster Resolutions
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- Created on Monday, November 14, 2011 11:01 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration of Haiti (CCAH) initiated a series of meetings and consultations with professional associations of businessmen to bring their members, who have disputes among, to use services offered by the Chamber.
Visit of the Minister of the Interior to Jérémie
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- Created on Monday, November 14, 2011 9:28 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - November 14, 2011. On Sunday, November 13, 2011, the Minister of the Interior, Local Authorities and National Defense issued a brief visit to the metropolis of Grand Anse (Jérémie).
Haitian Ministers out of Danger following Emergency Landing of Helicopter
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- Created on Sunday, November 13, 2011 2:37 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Saturday, November 12, 2011. After a successful day's work with the Cabinet of Ministers held in retirement at Club Indigo, Prime Minister Garry Conille accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Local Authorities and National Defense Thierry Mayard-Paul and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion, Laurent Lamothe, took the helicopter towards the Montcel in Kenscoff for a meeting with the President of the Republic.
Newly Appointed Haitian Minister of Culture Dies at 51
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- Created on Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:37 PM
OTTAWA, Canada (defend.ht) - A newly appointed minister, the Minister of Culture and Communication, Choiseul Henriquez, passed away Friday at a hospital in Canada at the age of 51.
Helicopter Transporting Haitian Ministers Makes Emergency Landing in Remote Crop Field
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- Created on Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:18 PM
KENSCOFF, Haiti (defend.ht) - A United Nations helicopter carrying Prime Minister Garry Conille, Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Lamothe was forced to make an emergency landing in a crop field around the hills of Belot, Kenscoff, Haiti.
Bélizaire Case: Martelly-Conille Commission Report Misses Deadline
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- Created on Saturday, November 12, 2011 4:18 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The presidential commission set up by Prime Minister Garry Conille to investigate the arbitrary detention of a functioning deputy did not submit its report on Friday as previously promised.
PM Conille Satisfied with First Day of Government Retreat
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- Created on Saturday, November 12, 2011 3:42 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Prime Minister Garry Conille is satisfied with the first of a two-day government retreat aimed to get members of his government on the same page concerning the pressing matters of the country.
Haitian President Sympathizes with Mexican Gov't following Helicopter Crash
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- Created on Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:55 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly and the Haitian government learned with sadness the death of Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake Mora and seven other passengers including the Deputy Interior Minister Felipe Zamora.
Haiti Considers Issuing Identification Cards to Diaspora
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- Created on Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:35 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Minister of Haitians Living Abroad (MHAVE), Daniel Supplice, met Ronald Covili, the Director General of the National Identification (ONI) to discuss the possibility of giving the Haitian Diaspora identification cards.
Martelly to I.C.: "Who asked you to pay for my army?"
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - When confronted by members of the international community which told President Michel Martelly that they would not foot the bill for an armed force in Haiti, the latter responded 'dismissively' saying "who asked you to pay for my army?"
Haiti: First Public Square Emptied of Refugees through Government Program
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- Created on Friday, November 11, 2011 6:40 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly on Friday visited Saint-Pierre’s Square in Petion-ville that was recently a refugee camp. Families occupying the place since the January 12 earthquake have left through the program 16/6 aiming to recover public squares.
United Nations Confirms Receiving Complaint from Haiti Cholera Victims
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- Created on Friday, November 11, 2011 5:43 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The spokesperson for United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Sylvie Van Den Wildenberg confirmed that a Haitian advocacy organization of human rights filed a petition against the United Nations (UN) for introducing cholera in Haiti.
President Martelly Was Not Pressured by International Community, says French Ambassador
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- Created on Friday, November 11, 2011 5:22 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The French Ambassador to Haiti, Didier Lebret, denied that international community would have suggested President Martelly not to remobilize the Haitian army.
Martelly Visits Construction Site of the King Henri Christophe University
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- Created on Friday, November 11, 2011 3:54 PM
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (defend.ht) - Thursday, November 10, 2011. The President of the Republic of Haiti, His Excellency Mr. Michel Joseph Martelly, went this morning to the town of Limonade in the north, for an overview of the construction of the King Henri Christophe University whose completion is scheduled for January 2012.
Haitian Government “Retires” for 2 Days to Find Solutions
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- Created on Friday, November 11, 2011 3:27 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Prime Minister's Office announced in a statement that Prime Minister Garry Conille will be on retreat Friday and Saturday with the ministers and secretaries of the state at Club Indigo (North of the capital) in hopes of finding cohesion and solutions to solving the country's problem.
Bélizaire Case: Senators Note Government Commissioner's Unwillingness to Cooperate with Investigation
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- Created on Friday, November 11, 2011 11:14 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The chairman of the senate commission inquiring into the arbitrary arrest of a member of parliament, Senator Jean William Jeanty (Nippes/Konba), has informed the public that the former Government Commissioner Félix Léger will not cooperate with investigations, characterizing it as "weird".
Donation of 800 Tons of Rice from the Republic of China to Haiti
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- Created on Friday, November 11, 2011 7:59 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Ambassador of the Republic of China in Haiti, Mr. Bang-Zyh Liu, and the director of the nongovernmental organization Food for the Poor Haiti, Kareen Dolce, jointly testified to the arrival of 800 tons of rice (about 980,000 U.S. dollars).
Former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune to Appear in Court for Jean Dominique Murder Case
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- Created on Friday, November 11, 2011 2:02 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - 11 years after the assassination of famous Haitian journalist, Jean Leopold Dominique, and Jean-Claude Louissaint, the judge of the Court of Appeal in Port-au-Prince, D. Yvickel Dabrésil, decided to question former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune.
